An association dedicated to the preservation of traditional archery.

The Southern Traditional Archery Assn. Inc.

was  incorporated in 2002   to preserve

traditional archery.

The association is controlled by a board of directors and the members.

The  S.T.A. Assn  supports the legislative efforts and is an affiliate of the   Mississippi Bowhunters Assn.

The S.T.A. Assn hosts benefit shoots for  organizations such as Catch-A-Dream   and will host shoots for any worthy benefit organization..

To contact the  association or need information on shoots or have an announcement to have added to the site contact... bigfoot1408@yahoo.com

To get to the Cossar shoot  go to the hiway 32 /oakland exit on I-55, it is near enid also..It's about 15 miles south of Batesville. go east on hiway 32   until you see the sign for George Payne Cossar state park.. and follow the signs.  don't give up. it's about 3 miles from 32 to the park.. ..

to get to the Winterville Mounds shoot... get on  Hiway 1 {one} and go about 3 miles north of greenville, the park is easy to spot.

to get to the  enid shoots  go to exit 233 ,,,,  14 miles south of Batesville take the road across the dam and look for the banner on the left side of the road. {don't cross the bridge across the freeway} 

To get to Learned.

From Jackson;  Take I-20 west to Hyw 18 south. (Raymond  Road), go through Raymond, take right on Oakley-Palestine Road (sign;Brown Loam Experiment Station) Turn left on Learned/Oakley Road  at Oakley Training School... Cross three bridges and look for Learned Road. Turn rightt on Learned road and look for the  3-D  sign,,

From vicksburg;

on  Hiway 61  go across I-20 and it becomes  hwy 27, follow 27 past the  Big Black Bridge and turn left on Canada Crossroads, stay on this road until it dead ends,,  the name will change, keep on keeping on to Old  Port Gibson Rd. turn left, go under the  Natchez Trace and turn right on Learned Road.. just as you enter the  village  look for the signs to the shoot.

 .   those of you coming from oakley traing school ,, cross three bridges and look for the sign at the pasture gate..  for those of you coming from

 the west into learned go to the dead end and turn left and look for the signs  at the pasture gate...  If it rains  the registration will be at jack's mama's house,,, just follow the signs we will be sure to put out enough.

I will post the shooting schedules as soon as i have them,, if you want your schedule posted here , send it to me at the bigfoot1408@yahoo.com address.

IN MEMORIAM.

CECIL AHL

GERALDINE  WILLIAMS

PAW PAW BO

DAVID MIMS

 PASCUAL WARE

There are pictures in the notes page, i will post more when the webpage will cooperate,,,

Kevin Brown has been elected to the board of directors of The Southern Traditional  Archery Assn..     congrats kevin,, welcome aboard 

 I have access to the rub line pictured to the left, i want all  sta folks to have a chance to admire it before it is auctioned  at the Catch-A-Dream  benefit shoot in june of 13,  i need suggestions on ways to get to the most people, i plan to take it to the  zoo city shoot and if i am able to the prespring fling in alabamy,  it is one of a kind and no more of them will be made, it is genuine,real,true mammoth tusk,  pastor paul is a truly gifted artist,

at some point i will have to give custody of the piece to chad  to show it off to his list of prospects, that will break my heart,  but the more we earn from it the more kids get their dreams  realized,

A picture of the  artist will come with the piece,  pastor paul aint ugly,  and seems to be a wonderful person,

RUB LINE

The voting is done..

Chad Weaver is elected the president of Southern Traditional Archery,

 all of us wish him well and we heartily thank Rusty Wright for his term as president,  you done good sir...

A few weeks ago the  wildman from alaska posted a picture of a scrimshaw he did, , it was beautiful.  clydebow sent me an email and suggested i ask the wildman if he would  do one  for us to auction for the kids.. so ,, i did,,, and he did,, the picture is above,  it is about 7 inches tall and about 5 inches wide  on a base, it is done on ,  mammoth tusk.

these critters vanished about 10 thousand years ago.

 the wildman, also known as pastor paul, is truely a gifted artist,  this piece will make you blink several times... it is gorgeous,

i asked if  he had a reserve price and he told m that if he sent it  to a gallery they would want $2,500 to $3,000.00  for it... 

we will auction it  and present it at the Catch-A-Dream benefit shoot  in june,

viewings can be arranged for  bidders, i will bring it  to all of our shoots,  i will post the schedule as soon as i can, if requested i can bring it to other shoots  such as  zoo city, possibly the little thing they have in  alabama, springy arrow fling

i will try to make it available for viewing to all  bidders.   this thing is worth the trip just to see it.. even if you can't bid more than my $2.37

A better picture in notes

A better picture in notes.